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Weather Channel Desktop.exe

Weather Channel Desktop

Install Helper

This is the Vittalia Filewon Installer which bundles applications with offers for additional 3rd party software, mostly unwanted adware, and may be installed with minimal consent. The application Weather Channel Desktop.exe by Install Helper has been detected as adware by 8 anti-malware scanners. The program is a setup application that uses the Vittalia DM installer. The file has been seen being downloaded from download.down1oad.org.
Publisher:
Install Helper  (signed and verified)

Product:
Weather Channel Desktop

Version:
3.0.0.82

MD5:
62c7c7f603091a97c613a988602df8f4

SHA-1:
09d9b85a22f92ef3f3b592b43764a15a8fa8a583

SHA-256:
4e68aa957fffb5a797f54d9438b0051ec984b85168ce4ce86bbe24b64bb817cd

Scanner detections:
8 / 68

Status:
Adware

Explanation:
Bundles additional software, mostly toolbars and other potentially unwanted applications using the Vittalia monitization installer.

Description:
This is also known as bundleware, or downloadware, which is an downloader designed to simply deliver ad-supported offers in the setup routine of an otherwise legitimate software.

Analysis date:
4/25/2024 7:24:24 AM UTC  (today)

Scan engine
Detection
Engine version

Avira AntiVirus
TR/Crypt.XPACK.Gen
7.11.30.172

avast!
Win32:Adware-CKN [PUP]
150129-1

AVG
Generic
2016.0.3185

Dr.Web
Trojan.Vittalia.18
9.0.1.05190

ESET NOD32
Win32/DownloadAssistant.A potentially unwanted application
7.0.302.0

IKARUS anti.virus
Trojan.Win32.Rimecud
t3scan.1.8.6.0

Reason Heuristics
PUP.Bundler.Vittalia
15.3.2.17

Rising Antivirus
PE:Malware.XPACK-HIE/Heur!1.9C48
23.00.65.15225

File size:
837.7 KB (857,776 bytes)

Product version:
3.0.0.82

Copyright:
(c) Install Helper

Original file name:
Weather Channel Desktop.exe

File type:
Executable application (Win32 EXE)

Bundler/Installer:
Vittalia DM

Language:
English (United States)

Common path:
C:\users\{user}\downloads\weather channel desktop.exe

Digital Signature
Signed by:
Install Helper

Authority:
Symantec Corporation

Valid from:
1/28/2015 6:00:00 PM

Valid to:
1/29/2016 5:59:59 PM

Subject:
CN=Install Helper, O=Install Helper, L=Vancouver, S=British Columbia, C=CA

Issuer:
CN=Symantec Class 3 SHA256 Code Signing CA, OU=Symantec Trust Network, O=Symantec Corporation, C=US

Serial number:
7CC3624C218D0B5B8DB87F5E4E3521B0

File PE Metadata
Compilation timestamp:
2/25/2015 12:12:25 PM

OS version:
5.1

OS bitness:
Win32

Subsystem:
Windows GUI

Linker version:
10.0

CTPH (ssdeep):
24576:WQ89rpVAXLS+Sxl8XWoYuyJJl/SP7Z60USD/sF0i:Z8NTA+R8XAuyrqiY/s6i

Entry address:
0x126A

Entry point:
55, 8B, EC, 83, EC, 10, 53, 56, 57, 6A, 00, FF, 15, 08, 80, 47, 00, 8B, F8, 33, D2, 8B, CF, 8B, 5F, 3C, 03, DF, 2B, 05, 1C, 10, 40, 00, 89, 45, F4, 1B, D2, F7, D8, 89, 55, F8, 0F, B7, 73, 14, 83, D2, 00, F7, DA, 89, 75, F0, 52, 8B, 93, A0, 00, 00, 00, 50, 8B, 44, 1E, 24, 03, 05, 28, 10, 40, 00, 50, FF, B3, A4, 00, 00, 00, E8, 88, FD, FF, FF, 8B, 54, 1E, 28, 83, C4, 10, A1, 28, 10, 40, 00, 2B, D0, 83, FA, 01, 76, 0D, 8B, 4C, 1E, 24, 03, C8, 03, CF, E8, F2, FE, FF, FF, A1, 20, 10, 40, 00, 83, C6, 40, 03, F3...
 
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Entropy:
7.0635

Developed / compiled with:
Microsoft Visual C++

Code size:
474.5 KB (485,888 bytes)

The file Weather Channel Desktop.exe has been seen being distributed by the following URL.

http://download.down1oad.org/v2/click/80af325a/?d=http://down1oad.org/.../weather-channel.exe&n=Weather Channel Desktop&key=fa0ba434bacb7a7dc97996b16388a3674fa9ca88e375ecf31873776eb3122d44&affiliate_image=&product_image=http://down1oad.org/.../weather-channel.png&sid=weather&filename=Weather Channel Desktop

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